Photo taken on the roof of Cafe Clock. With my laptop. (I didn't have a camera.)
A night on the town
14 years ago
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Ten Thousand Words - عشرة الاف كلمة
About Me
- Megan Pav
- Curious...Ornery...A litte bit feisty. I want to fit into the perfect space.
Glossary
- 3D TAXI - An underground taxi system that will take me between the Medina and the VN for 3dh
- AFRIT(A) - "Little Devil" or "Trouble-Maker"
- B'RED - A Moroccan teapot
- BINT Al-A'ILA - A good girl, a girl belonging to a family
- BISLAMA - "goodbye" in Moroccan Arabic
- BISSAHA - "To your health" - a blessing to someone who is eating or as made a recent purchase. Response: "Layateek Saha" ("God give you health")
- CAFTAN - A Moroccan dress worn on special/formal occasions
- DARIJA - The Moroccan dialect of Arabic
- DERB - A Street in the Medina, more like an Alley
- DIRHAM - (Dh) Moroccan currency. Currently $1=7.7dh
- EID AL-ADHA - aka EID AL-KABIR aka FESTIVAL OF SACRIFICE - A Muslim holiday in which each family sacrifices a ram; Remembers Abraham's submission to Allah
- FESSI - Someone or something from Fez
- FUSHA - Written Arabic, understood across the Arab world, but not a Mother tongue anywhere
- GAURI(A) - A foreigner
- GRAND TAXI - A Mercedes sedan that can be hired to take up to 6 passengers between cities
- HAMDULILAH - means "Praise God" - often used to answer the question "how are you?"
- HANUT - Shop, Convenience Store
- HARCHA - A Moroccan bread. Delicious for breakfast.
- HIJAB - Headscarf worn by some Muslim women. Moroccan women may or may not wear one.
- INSHALLAH - Means "if God wills it" - used with any future tense verb, as a disclaimer on any intention, or as an ambiguous answer to a question such as "will you marry my son?"
- JELABA - The everyday robe traditionally worn by Moroccans, male or female
- MACOUDA- A deep-fried mashed potato sandwich. A delicious heart-attack waiting to happen.
- MALAWI - A Moroccan bread. Delicious for breakfast. Also a country in Africa.
- MARA MARA - From time to time
- MASKHOT(A) - Can mean naughty/of ill repute; also can mean clever or funny
- MASUS - Bland, meaning without sugar or salt, depending on the context; The way I like my coffee
- MATICHA - "Tomato"; also my nickname, thanks to my tendency to turn red if I'm embarassed, hot, or have just exercised
- MESKIN(A) - "Poor Thing!"
- MINERAT - The tower of a mosque
- SHEBAB - Young men
- SHWIA BI SHWIA - "Little by Little"
- SOUK - Market
- TAGINE - The traditional Moroccan dish that consists of any variety of meat, vegetables and/or spices
- YALLA - Let's go!
- ZILEJ - The ceramic tiles in various shapes and colors that are fit together in traditional Fessi mosaics
Nouns You Should Know
- ALIF - The Arabic Language Institute in Fez - My Arabic school
- BATHA - a neighborhood on the edge of the medina; next to Ziat
- CAFE CLOCK - My favorite Cafe. Kind of like "Cheers", where everybody knows your name
- DERB ERROME - My street in the medina, July 2010-present
- DOUNIA - My sweet, hilarious, beautiful older host sister, age 23
- FEZ JDID - The neighborhood between the Medina and the Ville Nouvelle - where I lived Jan-June 2010
- FZ JARA - One of my neighbors in Fez Jdid
- HAMOUDA - AKA "Sanfori" (My Smurf) - One of my closest friends and my older host brother, age 25
- HAMZA - My little host brother with amazing, gravity-defying hair, age 18
- HASSAN AL-FARHAN - a dear friend, one of the most joyful people I know
- JJ'S - My favorite Cafe in the Ville Nouvelle; Located down the street from ALIF
- KAMAL DIYAL JJ'S - A waiter at JJ's; Is always helpful; Makes fun of me a lot
- KARIMA - My dear friend, seamstress and muse. One of the most admirable and brilliant women I've met in Fez or elsewhere.
- KHATTABI - My host family
- LALLA - Latifa's mother; Maternal grandmother of the Khattabi kids
- LATIFA - AKA "Mama Morocco" - My kind, generous, and very intellient host mother
- MACECE - The Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange - the administrator of my grant.
- MALIKA - One of my neighbors in Fez Jdid
- MEDINA - the old city - built in 807 by Moulay Idriss; The world's largest no-traffic zone
- MIMA - Said's mother; Paternal grandmother of the Khattabi kids
- SA'ID - My soft-spoken host-dad who always mimes to me
- SIMO - Any anonymous Moroccan male
- SOUKAINA - AKA "Souks" AKA "Shneula" (Mosquito) - My darling, feisty little host sister, age 16.
- TALAA KBIRA - One of the medina's main drags
- VILLE NOUVELLE - The "New City" - built during the French Colonial Period
- YOUSEF - AKA "Joey" - Dounia's baby boy , Born June 2009
- ZIAT - My first neighborhood in the Medina - Where the Khattabis live
Obligatory Disclaimer
The views and information presented on this blog are my own and do not represent the Fulbright program or Department of State.
Please comment on my posts, but use discretion. In an effort to keep myself from getting arrested or having my grant terminated, I've set it up so that I have to approve comments before they are published on the site. Not that I don't trust you.
Please comment on my posts, but use discretion. In an effort to keep myself from getting arrested or having my grant terminated, I've set it up so that I have to approve comments before they are published on the site. Not that I don't trust you.
1 comment:
Beautiful! Also, points for being resourceful...I would never think to use my laptop camera.
if you come down to my window...
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